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➢ More awareness of the need for better data and monitoring (e.g. how water is being <br />used <br />Christina Alvord & Taryn Hutchins - Cabibi's Group <br />Impacts from the 2002 Drought <br />➢ Trans - mountain diversions no longer viable <br />➢ Shallow - alluvial wells impacts: recharge rates into wells slower <br />➢ Regionalization of approach to drought management <br />➢ Disconnect between public willingness /awareness and severity of conditions <br />➢ 2002 was something tangible to relate to: brings saliency to the issue of early warning <br />drought monitoring <br />Key information needs as a result of the 2000's drought: <br />➢ 1177 and IBCC process a successful outcome: increased collaboration <br />➢ Conservation may be a sleeping giant -need to better understand the role of <br />conservation in drought conditions and growth <br />➢ Better understanding between conservation and demand hardening <br />➢ Increased storage: need storage to sustain through drought conditions <br />➢ West slope cannot dictate conservation <br />➢ Seasonal climate information limited: need 3 and 6 -month seasonal forecasting <br />➢ Early warning system: possible snowpack /water supply scenarios would have helped in <br />March 2002 <br />➢ Need to streamline drought trigger /water restrictions process: currently a 6 week <br />process; don't want to cry wolf, but conditions can change a lot over a six week period <br />➢ Need to utilize tools for monitoring <br />➢ Regionalization of planning <br />➢ Early warning: 6 -month seasonal forecasting with range of possible water supply <br />scenarios <br />Nolan Doesken's Group <br />Debrah: <br />➢ Design /Landscaping industry: landscape installation in the Denver area had to shut <br />➢ Some cities were still requiring Kentucky bluegrass despite dry conditions <br />➢ Profound personal effect: affected current /future profits <br />Eric: Water Managers Perspective <br />➢ Previous droughts (1977, 1981) had better early warning <br />➢ 2002: Winter season snowpack was ok <br />➢ 2002 snuck up on water managers because ski conditions /snowpack were okay <br />➢ Poor reaction time from water managers <br />➢ 2002: Very dry March that depleted snowpacks <br />➢ Snowpack behavior has seemed to change: snowpacks deplete much faster <br />➢ 2002 really exacerbated the "haves" and the "have nots" <br />➢ New growth areas had increased impact unless augmented by groundwater supplies <br />➢ Post Impact due to fire: silt in system <br />Scott Ludwig: USFS? <br />